INCLUDED AMONG THE 18 SELECTIONS IN THIS READER FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS OF JAPANESE ARE SUCH ARTICLES AND EXCERPTS FROM BOOKS AS "THE TAIKA REFORMS" BY SAKAMOTO TAROO (1935) AND "THE SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT OF INCOME BY KOKU AND FEUDALISM" BY NAKAMURA KICIJI (1960). THESE TEXTS ARE REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS THEY APPEARED IN JAPANESE-LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS AND MAY BE READ INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER WITH THE AID OF THE ANNOTATIONS IN PART II. A SHORT INTRODUCTORY SECTION BY JOHN W. HALL AND THE TABLE OF CONTENTS ARE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH. THE TWO-VOLUME SET IS AVAILABLE FOR $7.50 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, 615 EAST UNIVERSITY, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48106. (JD)